uWeBbiT would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of Oneil Edwards, one third of the popular dancehall group, Voicemail. We have not only lost a significant presence in the entertainment industry, but also the Caribbean community as a whole. As we pause to acknowledge this loss, we will remember …him being [...]
FIVE well-known Jamaicans are among a number of witnesses whose statements the United States Government intends to use against Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the diminutive and powerful Western Kingston don who has strong family and business connections in the constituency of Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
Highly placed authoritative sources have told the Sunday Observer that included in the five are three well-known underworld figures — one a convict deportee, another an accused against whom no convictions have been secured so far, and the third an individual currently residing in the US at the pleasure of that country’s federal prison system.
THE nation’s Parliament will today continue its sittings despite the unrest sparked by violent confrontations between the police force and thugs in Tivoli Gardens which reached crisis proportions yesterday, but will not admit visitors. The security forces who had been patiently holding their fire since the warrant was issued for the arrest of reputed don [...]
NEW YORK, USA — Jamaican-born United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke said yesterday she was seeking the help of the US State Department to restore peace and stability in Jamaica. Clarke, in a statement expressing “deep concern about the civil unrest in Jamaica and the circumstances preceding the situation”, did not spell out what form the [...]
POLICE are reporting that the capital is currently ‘much calmer’ following yesterday’s outbreak of violence when gunmen attempted to prevent the arrest of reputed Tivoli Gardens don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. However, up until now, gunshots are still being heard on Red Hills Road in St Andrew nearby St Richards Primary School. There were incidents of [...]
HEAVY explosions are ringing out in West Kingston as a large contingent of police and soldiers have converged on the volatile community of Tivoli Gardens in an effort to bring in reputed don, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. Plumes of smoke can also be seen rising from the area. Until now the security forces have taken a [...]
THE stand-off between security forces and ‘Dudus’ supporters in Tivoli Gardens, West Kingston, last week overshadowed a significant move towards peace in two other troubled Kingston communities. Passers-by stood in amazement as residents from Big Yard and Cassava Piece, two long-standing rivals at the centre of a bloody feud, faced off in a busy parking [...]